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Rynith is kind and even-tempered. She considers Fate to be like a daughter to her, and is willing to defy Presea's orders if she believes doing so is in Fate's best interest. While she dislikes Presea for her cruelty and sometimes feels jealous of her for being Fate's actual mother, Rynith feels gratitude for her for allowing her to meet Fate.[3] It is also shown that Rynith's presence had a powerful calming effect on Presea, who, while already cold and distant to Fate, never resolved to downright abuse while she was around. This was probably because she was the only one who dared to speak boldly in front of Presea and even defy her orders, temporarily reverting the mad woman's behavior back to normal.

Rynith only appears in Nanoha (Sound Stage 02) and part of the Nanoha novel, set two years before the anime, in which she oversees Fate's training while making her Device, Bardiche. In her former, animal life, Rynith was a mountain cat from Midchilda. It is not said how she became Presea's familiar but her reward for her services was originally supposed to be a return to her animal form and habitat. She is initially opposed to Fate making Alph her familiar, but relents after Fate insists and also helps to train Alph.[4] After Fate's training and Bardiche are completed, she forfeits her original reward and instead demands that Presea has a single normal, family-like dinner with Fate to celebrate her achievements. Rynith then fades away and leaves behind Bardiche.[3]

Rynith appears in both The MOVIE 1st (in flashbacks) and The MOVIE 2nd A's (in Fate's dream). In this version, she was originally a cat who lived in Presea's mansion and was turned into a familiar almost by accident: she was the first living being that Presea met after resolving to have someone train Fate to hunt Jewel Seeds.

Being a familiar with a signed contract with Presea, Rynith has access to all spell knowledge and the considerable magical power of her master. In The Gears of Destiny, it also shows that Rynith can casts the base spells of Fate's spells, such as Spin Saber (basis of Arc Saber).

It can also be conjectured that like all familiars, she has the power of shapeshifting (alternating between her original cat form and the catwoman she usually appears as), though she never uses it on-screen.